INTERPOL

The international police organisation, responsible for facilitating international police co-operation, currently comprised of 192-member countries. It is organised into a General Assembly and Executive Committee. The former is the supreme governing body, and made-up of delegates appointed by each member countries. The latter is elected by the General Assembly, and provides guidance and direction to the organisation, and implantation of General Assembly-initiated decisions. INTERPOL is responsible for, inter alia, circulating a number of requests for co-operation or alerts, allowing police in member countries to share crime-related information.